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 the distinction of day and night, having no fixed time for labor or rest. 'When I am sleepy,' he said, 'I go to bed.' All the attendance he required from his servant, his gardener's wife, consisted in her making his bed and placing a large jug of water in his anteroom, his housekeeping being so arranged that he could make his own coffee in his study; and this coffee he drank in great abundance, both day and night, and with a great deal of sugar. When not invited out, his dinner consisted of nothing but a roll soaked in boiled milk; and this was his meal always when he dined at home. He never at that time used wine or strong drink, nor did he eat anything in the evening; but in company he would eat freely, and indulge moderately in a social glass.

"The fire in the stove of his study was never allowed to go out, from autumn through the whole of winter until spring; for as he always needed coffee, and as he always made it himself, without milk or cream, and as he had never any definite time for sleeping, he always required to have a fire.

"His sleeping-room was always without fire; and when he lay down, according to the severity